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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Hariharan Balasubramanian, Oak Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hariharan Balasubramanian, Oak Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a current topology associated with a virtual local area network (VLAN) and determining whether the current topology of the VLAN is to be moved to a base topology associated with a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) protocol. The method also includes moving the current topology of the VLAN to the base topology if it is determined that the current topology of the VLAN is to be moved to the base topology.